QUESTIONS 40 THROUGH 43:
OKAY.UH...YOU REMEMBER THAT IVE MENTION THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO READ THE
ASSIGNED POEMS ALOUD,SO YOU CAN DEVELP AND APPRECIATION OF THE SOUNDS OF
THE POETRY: THE RHYMES,THE RHYTHM,THE REPETITION OF WORDS OR SOUNDS,AND TO
GET A SENSE OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SOUNDS OF THE WORDS AND THEIR
MEANING.THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL AS WE MOVE INTO MODERN POETRY,ESPECIALLY BY
WRITERS WOH PLACE SO MUCH IMPORTANCE ON SOUNDS THAT THE MEANING BECOMES ALL
ETTER RELEVANT.LIKE THIS LINE BY GERTRUDE STEIN THAT I'D LIKE TO
QUOTE.LISTEN,LISTEN AS I SAY THE WORDS."ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A
ROSE." TAKEN LITERALLY THIS WOULD SEEMS TO BE AN EMPTY STATEMENT,ONE WHICH
GIVES US NO INFORMATION. BUT THE PURPOSE OF A POEM NEED NOT BE TO INFROM
THE READER OF ANYTHING, BUT RATHER TO EVOKE FEELINGS. TO CREATE A SENSUAL
AS WELL AS PHONICALLY PLEASING EXPERIENCE. NOW GERTRUDE STEIN WAS BETTER
KNOWN FOR HER PROSE THAN FOR HER POEMS.BUT I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO QUOTE THIS
LINE BECAUSE OF ITS MUSICALITY,AND BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS OPEN UP OUR
AWARENESS TO THE UNCONVENTIONALLYRICISM OF CONTEMPORARY POETS.YOU'LL SEE
THIS IN YOUR HOMEWORK TONGIHT AS YOU READ THE POETRYOF JOHN
ASHBERY,ESPECIALLY IF YOU READ IT OUT LOUD,WHICH I RECOMMEND YOU DO.POETS
LIKE ASHBERY DON'T RELY SO MUCH ON ANY FORMAL RHYME SCHEME OR METER AS ON
THE MUSICAL QUALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WORDS THEMSELVES. AS I SAID,STEIN WAS
BETTER KNOWN FOR HER NON-POETICAL WORK.AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON
HER ESSAY ENTITLED "CONVERSTAION AND EXPLANATION".THIS WORK DEALS WITH HER
THEORY OF WRITING AND WILL HELP TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKING
ABOUT.
40 WHAT DOES THE PROFESSOR MAINLY DISCUSS?
41 WHAT DOES THE PROFESSOR SAY ABOUT GERTRUDE STEIN AS A WRITER?
42 WHY DOES THE PROFESSOR RECOMMEND THE STUDENTS DO AS PART OF THEIR
HOMEWORK?
43 WHAT DOES THE PROFESSOR RECOMMEND THE STUDENTS DO AS PART OF THEIR
HOMEWORK?



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